Report: Xanax-snorter dragged girlfriend off bed

Published: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at 03:30 PM.

CRESTVIEW – A 34-year-old Crestview man was arrested after he grabbed his girlfriend by the wrist and dragged her off a bed, causing her to hit her leg against a desk, according to an arrest report.

The incident occurred at a motel on South Ferdon Boulevard, Crestview Police say. The woman told officers she and her boyfriend got into an argument after she caught him snorting Xanax in the bathroom. The argument escalated when he began throwing her clothes out of her suitcase, she said.

She asked for his phone to call a friend to come pick her up. At one point the man tried to snatch the phone out of her hand and she dropped it. She said he then grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her off the bed, causing her leg to strike a corner of the desk. She had swell-ing and an abrasion on her calf.

He was charged with battery and will enter a plea on Dec. 10.

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CRESTVIEW – A 34-year-old Crestview man was arrested after he grabbed his girlfriend by the wrist and dragged her off a bed, causing her to hit her leg against a desk, according to an arrest report.

The incident occurred at a motel on South Ferdon Boulevard, Crestview Police say. The woman told officers she and her boyfriend got into an argument after she caught him snorting Xanax in the bathroom. The argument escalated when he began throwing her clothes out of her suitcase, she said.

She asked for his phone to call a friend to come pick her up. At one point the man tried to snatch the phone out of her hand and she dropped it. She said he then grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her off the bed, causing her leg to strike a corner of the desk. She had swell-ing and an abrasion on her calf.